The ProPublica Nerd Blog - ProPublica→ Download Chicago’s Parking Ticket Data Yourself

2018-08-23 by Katlyn Alo and Melissa Sanchez ProPublica Illinois has been reporting all year on how ticketing in Chicago is pushing tens of thousands of drivers into debt and hitting …›

The ProPublica Nerd Blog - ProPublica→ How ProPublica Illinois Uses GNU Make to Load 1.4GB of Data Every Day

2018-07-10 by David Eads I avoided using GNU Make in my data journalism work for a long time, partly because the documentation was so obtuse that I couldn’t see how Make, one of man …›

Technology360→ Weekly readings for #pubmedia, 5 Mar 2018and, a change in direction

2018-03-05 Hello friends – I’ve had this blog since 2003, but for the past three years it has been largely used to share links of interest to the public media community that I’d posted to my @haarsager Twitter feed.  This link sharing actually dates from 1 …›

Technology360→ Weekend readings for #pubmedia, Feb. 24, 2018

2018-02-24 Here’s another collection (a bit slimmer than usual for some reason) of selected links from my @haarsager Twitter feed.  --Dennis ATSC 3.0/HbbTV HPA panel examines road to ATSC 3.0 and repack.  TVTechnology Cable/Satellite/MVPD/Cord-Cutting …›

Technology360→ Weekly readings for #pubmedia, Feb. 19, 2018

2018-02-19 Got 5 inches of snow overnight Sat./Sun., but the temperature could reach 70° on Wednesday.  We live in hope.  Here is a compilation of recent selected links from my @haarsager Twitter feed.  --Dennis Broadband/Wireless Why broadband competition …›

Technology360→ Weekend readings for #pubmedia, Feb. 9, 2018

2018-02-09 Here is the latest compilation of selected links from my @haarsager Twitter feed.  --Dennis ATSC 3.0/Next-Gen TV/HbbTV ATSC 3.0 rollout can begin in March.  TVTechnology Digital Video/OTT/VOD 5% of U.S. broadband users subscribe to a vMVPD …›

Technology360→ Weekend readings for #pubmedia, Jan. 26, 2018

2018-01-26 Just became unburied from a lengthy writing project, so took a pass on doing this last weekend.  So this collection of links from http://www.twitter.com/haarsager covers the past couple of weeks.  --Dennis ATSC 3.0/Next-Gen TV/HbbTV ATSC 3.0: Br …›

Technology360→ Weekend readings for #pubmedia, Jan. 14, 2018

2018-01-14 Here is this week’s compilation of selected links from my @haarsager Twitter feed.  CES is responsible for a few entries.  --Dennis ATSC 3.0/Next-Gen TV/HbbTV Hands-on with 3.0 OTA TV at CES.  Cord Cutters News ATSC 3.0 standard approved, …›

Technology360→ This weeks readings for #pubmedia, 8 Jan. 2018

2018-01-08 First compilation of the new year: This week’s selected links from my @haarsager Twitter feed.  --Dennis ATSC 3.0/Next-Gen TV/HbbTV Sony, Pearl TV partner for ATSC 3.0 next-gen TV program guide.  FierceCable On tap for TV at CES: 3.0, voice …›

Tow Center→ Research Director Jonathan Albright on Russian Ad Networks

2017-10-10 This week, Research Director Jonathan Albright has published a number of articles on research about Russian ad networks and their influence during the 2016 election. Look at Jonathan’s dataset, and follow him on Medium, for more. Research The Was …›

Tow Center→ Journalism Educator’s Symposium 2017

2017-08-09 The Tow Center is pleased to announce that on Tuesday, September 19th, we will be hosting our Journalism Educator’s Symposium – an event designed to help build a community of interest and exchange around new approaches and best practices to …›

NPR visuals team blog→ What makes a great photo editing intern (Apply now for Fall 2017!)

2017-06-29 Photo by Rachael Ketterer This is not your standard photo internship! This internship is an opportunity to learn more about the world of photo editing. Our goal isn’t to make you into a photo editor; we view this internship as a chance for you to u …›

NPR visuals team blog→ Be our design/code/??? intern for fall 2017!

2017-06-29 Are you data-curious, internet savvy, and interested in journalism? Do you draw, design, or write code? We are looking for you. We’ve had journalists who are learning to code, programmers who are learning about journalism, designers who love data gr …›

Tow Center→ Artificial Intelligence: Practice and Implications for Journalism

2017-06-07 We have witnessed the first wave of artificial intelligence (AI) in journalism in the form of chatbots, automated story generation, and machine learning techniques applied to news. The big tech companies have pushed AI to the center of their product st …›

PRX→ We’ve Moved!

2017-05-22 We have officially moved our blog presence over to Medium.  Follow us there to get all the latest news about PRX, the Podcast Garage, Radiotopia and much more.  See you there! The post We’ve Moved! appeared first on PRX. …›

Tow Center→ Tow Center Announces Research Director and 2017 Fellows

2017-05-22 Jonathan Albright Joins Tow Center for Digital Journalism as Research Director The Tow Center is pleased to announce Dr. Jonathan Albright as its new Research Director. Jonathan’s research around networks of propaganda and misinformation has recentl …›

Tow Center→ Symposium: Next Gen Podcast Distribution Protocols

2017-04-14 MAY 11, 2017, 9am–5pm Harvard Law School Wasserstein Hall 1585 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA Next Gen Podcast Distribution Protocols: Innovation and governance in open development initiatives Presented by the Berkman Klein Center for Internet &a …›

PRX→ Five Local Podcasts to Try for #TryPod

2017-03-23 We’re big fans of the simple idea behind the #TryPod campaign: share a podcast you love with someone you love. At PRX, we work with talented indie producers all over the world, but this month we want to share five podcasts made in our own Boston bac …›

PBS Digital Stations Blog→ YoPro San Diego: Let’s Go!

2017-03-22 Believe it or not it’s time to start getting ready for the PBS Annual Meeting. At this year’s meeting PBS Digital will be presenting a FREE young professionals workshop called YoPro: San Diego. The mission of the larger YoPro initiative is to pull …›

PBS Digital Stations Blog→ Announcing the Digital Immersion Project Partners

2017-03-21 by Max Duke | Senior Director | PBS Digital & Marketing The 2017 Digital Immersion Project application and judging process has completed, and the 25 station individuals participating in the project have been chosen. The response to the project …›

PBS Digital Stations Blog→ Veterans Initiative Page Launches on Station Management Center

2017-03-15 by Megan E. Paparella | Senior Manager | Station ServicesWe are pleased to announce the launch of our Veteran Initiatives page on the Station Management Center. This will be a space to share engagement case studies, resources, colla …›

PBS Digital Stations Blog→ ValuePBS Bentomatic

2017-03-13 VALUE PBS, A NEW BENTOMATIC FOR STATIONSby Katie Wilson | Senior Manager | PBS Digital & Marketing A new ValuePBS website launched this week and it’s available for stations to integrate into their websites, using Bentomatic. It makes the ca …›

PBS Digital Stations Blog→ Happy Birthday Mister Rogers!

2017-03-10 Fred Rogers’ birthday is coming up on Monday, March 20. To mark the occasion, honor Fred's legacy and galvanize fans to share their personal stories of how Fred, PBS and stations have positively impacted them, we have kicked off a social media activa …›

Tow Center→ Platforms and Publishers

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PBS Digital Stations Blog→ PBS Throwback campaign – coming very soon!

2017-03-08 News from Kevin Dando, Sr. Director, PBS Social Media(This campaign is now live -- find updates from Kevin below)Update #1Update #2---A scrappy, quick turnaround pilot, the PBS Throwback campaign's goal is to tap into the affection and nostalgia folks …›

PRX→ The 13th Annual Zeitfunk Awards

2017-03-06   We wear a lot of hats here at PRX, from distributing podcasts of all stripes, to running our Podcast Garage training facility in Boston, to managing our open audio marketplace at PRX.org. Since our founding in 2003, our PRX.org marketplace has …›

Hacks/Hackers→ Farewell NICAR, hello SXSW

2017-03-04 Hope you’re all resting after MisinfoCon and NICAR, hacks and hackers. Well stop resting on your laurels, because The Awesomest Journalism Party Ever (VII) is coming! Come party like a... Visit Hacks/Hackers to read the full post and join our co …›

PBS Digital Stations Blog→ TechCon Sessions: Birds Eye View

2017-03-01 by Katie Wilson | Senior Manager | PBS DigitalSpring is on the way, and with it, thoughts of #TechCon17 bloom in a digital mind. This year promises even more sessions dedicated to digital strategy, audience engagement, product discovery and other fasci …›

PBS Digital Stations Blog→ From Whiteboard to Web, a Bento 3.0 Success Story

2017-03-01 In preparation for the launch of Bento 3.0, PBS Digital began a beta group consisting of stations not previously using Bento to build a site from scratch with the goal of launching that site. The group consisted of thirteen stations. Ray Walt …›

PRX→ Radiotopia Live: Announcing Our West Coast Tour!

2017-02-28 Radiotopia is headed out on our first West Coast tour! Radiotopia Live brings extraordinary, cutting-edge podcasts out of your headphones and onto the stage. Join us in Seattle, Portland, San Francisco and LA for live radio, conversations, stories and …›

PBS Digital Stations Blog→ YoPro Talks: Leadership Panel At TechCon

2017-02-27 Facetime with those in leadership is a rarity in a lot of organizations. When do you get the time to hear from leadership, more often than not it’s in a big room at conferences or staff meetings. Topics like how those in leadership got to where they …›

PBS Digital Stations Blog→ Be a Voice That Inspires at the 2017 PBS Annual Meeting

2017-02-27 The theme of the 2017 PBS Annual Meeting is “Voices That Inspire” and we’d like to hear from some of our most inspirational voices – you! Whether you will be attending this year’s Annual Meeting or not, PBS would like to showcase your voice …›

PBS Digital Stations Blog→ Africa’s Great Civilizations : COVE Programming Update

2017-02-24 Due to President Trump’s Address to Congress on Tuesday, February 28 @ 9PM ET, Africa’s Great Civilizations will have an adjusted COVE release scheduled.  The President’s Address will preempt broadcast programming that night, delaying episod …›

Hacks/Hackers→ MisinfoCon starts today

2017-02-24 Happy Friday, hacks and hackers! We hope to see you this weekend at MisinfoCon or next week at NICAR. If not, you can follow along at #MisinfoCon and #NICAR17. ICYMI yesterday: From saving democracy... Visit Hacks/Hackers to read the full post and joi …›

PBS Digital Stations Blog→ Going All In with PBS TechCon 2017

2017-02-22 Every April, amidst glow and glimmer of the City of Lights, there is a special gathering unlike any other in public media. A special group of professionals—time-tested and supremely-dedicated—come together for a learning event beyond compare in our …›

Hacks/Hackers→ See you at NICAR

2017-02-17 Hello, hacks and hackers! We made it through Valentine’s Day (at least, those of us who live in countries that celebrate it) and we’re now less than a month from the popular NICAR... Visit Hacks/Hackers to read the full post and join our c …›

PBS Digital Stations Blog→ Dont Miss DevDay at PBS Annual Meeting!

2017-02-15 Amanda J. Hoehn | Assistant Director | PBS Development ServiceCLICK HERE TO VIEW THE LATEST DEVDAY AGENDA - All workshops now posted!The PBS development community is invited to gather at the Annual Meeting in San Diego for a new learning and …›

NPR visuals team blog→ What makes a great photo editing intern (Apply now for Summer 2017!)

2017-02-14 Photo by Rachael Ketterer This is not your standard photo internship! This internship is an opportunity to learn more about the world of photo editing. Our goal isn’t to make you into a photo editor; we view this internship as a chance for you to u …›

NPR visuals team blog→ Be our design/code/??? intern for summer 2017!

2017-02-14 Map by Visuals Team intern Brittany Mayes Are you data-curious, internet savvy, and interested in journalism? Do you draw, design, or write code? We are looking for you. We’ve had journalists who are learning to code, programmers who are learning a …›